note 47301 added to function.gmp-mod

From: Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:09:39 +0000
Subject: note 47301 added to function.gmp-mod
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No offense, but that's not a very good example. A beginning programmer who is unsure on how to use the modulo operation could be confused as to whether the returned value is how many times d goes into n or the remainder of d divided by n. Using 8 mod 3 doesn't help, as three goes into eight 2 times with a remainder of 2. A better example is: <?php $mod = gmp_mod("9", "2"); echo gmp_strval($mod) . "\n"; ?> which will output: 1 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gmp-mod.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+47301 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47301&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47301&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47301&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47301&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47301&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47301&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+47301&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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